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Page 2 Deaths Peak Services Set Funeral services for Leonard (Bill) Peak, Rt. 1, Americus, who was killed Friday morning in an accident on the E. W. Grimmett farm, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Roberts-Blue-Barnett Chapel.

They will be conducted by the Rev. Theodore Inman, pastor of the Grace United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Americus Cemetery. Members of the family have announced the establishment of a memorial fund and donations may be sent to the Americus State Bank. Mr.

Peak had been a lifetime resident of the Ruggles and Prairie Hill communities. He was born April 22nd, 1913, on a farm northwest of Emporia, and he was married to Doris Marie Holmes on Oct. 7th, 1939, in Emporia. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frederick F. and Jennie Irene Sanders Peak, and by one brother, Russell Wayne, and one sister, Thelma.

He is survived by his wife, of the home; one son, Delbert of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Althea Fay Wheeler, Rt. 4, Mrs. George (Charlotte Ann) Thornton, Rt. 5, and Mrs.

Robert E. (Donna Kay) Coe, Nashville, two brothers, Ralph and Homer, both of Rt. one sister, Mrs. Harold (Edna) Bales, 114 South Walnut and two grandchildren, Brian Lee Wheeler and Holli Ann Thornton. Faye Huffman Dies News has been received of the death of Faye Huffman, a librarian at Emporia State College ior many years before she re- itired.

Miss Huff man died Friday in the Mid-America iRest Home in El Dorado, where Ishe had been a resident since 'June, 1974. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Blue-Barnett Funeral Services Held Funeral services were held sFriday morning, in the Blair Mortuary, for Mrs. H. Brown, formerly of the lAmericus area, who died Tuesday in the Presbyterian Manor Newton. The services were conducted by the Rev.

J. Joyce former pastor of the United Methodist Church. soloist was Scott A. Mouse, organist was Mrs. John jAtherton, and the pallbearers were Barney Lee, Larry Myers, feleo Jacob, Wayne Van Gundy, Rice, and Lee Coleman.

iThose who attended in groups members of the Happy Club, the Telephone of America, and the terace United Methodist Church fWomen and personnel and emp- ioyes in the offices of Doctors -Underwood, Hopper, and and in the office of the Funeral Announcements Louis J. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. in our Chapel with Rev. Wallace Peckham officiating. Interment will be in the Osage City Cemetery.

Peak, Leonard (Bill) Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in our Chapel with Rev. Theodore Inman officiating. Interment will be in the Americus Cemetery. Huffman, Miss Faye Funeral services will be in our Chapel.

Time to be announced. Roberts-Blae-Barnett Funeral Home The Gazette THE WHITE CORPORATION 5 17 Merchant St. Emporia, Kansas 66801 Paul D. Walker, Published Daily Except Sunday and New Year's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Christmas Day. Entered at the postoffice in Emporia, Kansas, for transmission through the mails as second class matter.

Second class postage paid at Emporia, Kansas. Terms of Subscription: Daily edition delivered by carrier in Emporia and nearby towns, plus 7c tax, per month. By mail in Lyon and adjoining counties where carrier delivery unavailable, plus 48c tax, per year. By mail in Kansas outside trade area, $24.00 plus 72c tax, per year; MX months, plus 42c tax; one month, plus tax. By mail outside of Kansas, $23.00 per year; six months, one month, Garage Destroyed By Fire on Friday A two-car garage at the Frank Finley residence, two miles north of Emporia on K-99 Highway, was destroyed Friday afternoon when a fire spread to the building.

Emporia firemen arrived to find that the structure had collapsed and they concentrated on protecting the' Finley house. A 1956 Chevrolet and tools in the garage were also destroyed by the fire. Firemen were called to extinguish two grass fires Friday evening. They were called to a vacant lot at 912 East St. and to an area north of the Interstate 35 by-pass on Watson Street where a trash fire had spread to grass.

ft ft ft Former Emporians Works on Display At Emporia Bank The current art exhibit in the First National Bank and Trust Company in El Dorado is a collection of prints, paintings and drawings by Mrs. Jerry (Glenda Thompson) Wathen, a former student at Emporia State College and the daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. George Wathen of Admire, long-time residents of Emporia. The artist, her husband, and their three-year old son, Derek Zane, live in Towanda and she is a member of the El Dorado Art Association.

She has been painting and drawing for years and has received a number of awards for competitions she has entered since she started exhibiting in February. The display in El Dorado, the subject of a recent feature article in the El Dorado Times, will be open until July 16th. Bailey Realty Company. Burial was in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Out-of-town relatives who attended were Mr.

and Mrs. J. Richard Moore, Linn; Mesdames George W. Nelson and Dwight Scofield, Newton; Mrs. Lei and Enberg and Mr.

and Mrs. Leland Lindell, McPher- Eldred Smith, Tulsa, Mrs. Howard Smith, Mrs.Howard McGee, Ardmore, Mrs. Gene McKee, Nickerson; Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Nalstead, Wichita; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Elliott, Morrowville; Carol and; Karen Hopper, Kansas City, Mo -if it BENTON THOMPSON DIES CEDAR POINT Benton S. Thompson, a retired farmer, died Thursday in a hospital in Marion. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.

Monday in the school auditorium and burial will be in the Wonsevu Cemetery. The Thompson Funeral Home in Marion is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Thompson was born April 26th, 1878, in Erie County, the son of James and Susan Kinsinger Thompson. He was preceded in death by his wife and he is survived by three daughters, Mildred Gibb, Elmdale, and Irene Link and Betty Thompson, Cedar Point; two sisters, Agnes McCall, WatsonviUe, and Katie Elder, Leoti; 14 grandchildren; 17 great- grandchildren; and two great- great-grandchildren.

ft ft ft READING Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams spent the Fourth of July in Silver Dollar City. THE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS Daily Report Saturday, July 12, 197? Thefts Vandalism Vandals damaged 32 cars Thursday night or Friday morning at The Way College of Emporia, according to police. Damage to the cars ranged from $10 to 11,000 and totaled Investigation of the incident is continuing, and information on individual cases was not immediately available.

Harvey L. Bunyard, 1102 Sylvan St. reported the theft of his motorcycle. The machine, valued at $650, was taken Thursday night or Friday morning from his residence. Joseph R.

Leiser, Madison, reported Friday the theft of his pickup truck on June 30th. Mr. Leiser told police that the truck was taken from the Iowa Beef Processors parking lot June 30th and returned the same day. He said that the truck was damaged. Damage was set at $547.

Michael G. and Rita J. Ragsdale, 505 Exchange reported the theft of their bicycles. The bicycles were taken from their residence Wednesday night or Thursday. Loss was set at Patty A.

Kusmaul, 1901 Briarcliff Lane, reported the theft of her bicycle. The bicycle was taken from her residence early Thursday. Loss was set at $100. The theft of a recapped semi- truck tire was reported by George M. Logan, Fort Scott, who told police that the tire was taken from the truck while it was parked at 3184 West Highway 50, Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

The tire, valued at $85, is owned by Peerless Products Fort Scott. Steven D. Smith, Rt. 1, reported the theft of a leather carpenter's apron and the tools it contained. He said that the apron and tools were taken from the west alley of the 800 block of Merchant Street Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

Loss was set at $65. John R. Fields, Rt. 5, reported the theft of a sleeping bag. He said that the bag was taken from a car parked in the parking lot at Interstate Bakeries Thursday set at $30.

TUT Complaints Filed Emporia police have charged Lawrence D. Ziegler, 1231 Trail Ridge Road, with discharging a firearm within the city. Mr. Ziegler is accused of shooting a 12-gauge shotgun into the air in front of his residence early today. Traffic Tickets Emporia police have issued tickets to John B.

Cannon, 906 Congress driving with a suspended license; Douglas K. Polson, 930 Graphic Arts Road, 30 in a 20 zone; Michael W. Waugh, 1102 Cottonwood failure to stop at a stop light; Ronnie A. Hunt, 501 Commercial failure to stop at a stop light; Charles A. Hutcherson, 619 Sylvan failure to stop at a stop sign; Louis M.

Clothier, 1102 Sylvan 34 in a 20 zone; Rhonda L. Barrnett, 2737 Bel- Aire Drive, failure to stop at a stop light; Wayne F. Wiggins, 1302 East 39 in a 30 zone; Robert E. HiU, 902 Rural failure to display current vehicle registration; John L. Kurzen, Americus, careless driving; Steven L.

hart, 610 East Eighth failure to stop at a stop light; Teresa E. Toso, Rt. 1, failure to stop at stop light; Darrell P. Vendetti, Rt. 1, driving left of center; and Nina C.

Blanks, 1304 Exchange failure to yield the right-of-way from a stop sign and driving in violation of a drivers license restriction. ft Traffic Accidents A passenger was injured in a collision Friday night in the 300 block of West Sixth Avenue. Dorothy M. Harder, Bushong, a passenger in a car driven by David L. Whittington, Americus, complained of pain in her neck.

Police charged Carol J. Hanson, Rt. 5, with careless driving in connection with the accident. She was eastbound on West Sixth Avenue when her vehicle struck the rear of the Whittington car, which was stopped at the end of a line of traffic at a stop light. Damage was set at $590.

A motorcyclist was injured in a collision in the 900 block of Lawrence Street Friday afternoon. Fred R. Hitzeman, 930 Lawrence was driving a motorcycle out of the driveway at bis residence and Penny R. Potter, 1214 V4 Walnut was driving her car north on Lawrence Street when the collision occurred. Mr.

Hitzeman complained of pain in his back, neck, and right arm after the accident. Hospitals St. Mary's Admitted Friday: Russell Cooper, 1915 West Twenty-fourth Ave. Dismissed Friday: Floy Jones, Rt. 4.

Dismissed today: Kelli and Craig Huddleston, Lebo. Newman County Admitted Friday: Penny Wilson, 1101 Mary Eugene Allen, Rt. Verna Boyd, Fulton, Leonardo Cobb, 1003 East Helea Crumley, 318 Cottonwood Fred Hitzeman, 930 Lawrence Shelley Stafford, Hamilton; Ruth LeClear, Rt. 1. Dismissed Friday: Margaret Horner and baby boy, 1201 Triplett Drive.

Admitted today: Vella Gunkel, 318 West Fourth Dorothy Peterson, Reading. Dismissed today: Clyde Langdon, 930 Grand Mabel Phillips, Madison. ft Births Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wilson, 1101 Mary are the parents of a daughter born Friday in Newman Memorial County Hospital.

S. Sgt. and Mrs. Jack B. Duke, Little Rock Air Force Base, are the parents of a son bom Wednesday in St.

Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Gotthardt, 1 South Sylvan and Mr.

and Mrs. Otto Duke of Eveningshade, Ark. Damage in the accident was set at $45. Cars driven by William R. Mushrush, Cottonwood Falls, and Teddy V.

Campbell, Mesa, were involved in an accident in the 2100 block of West Highway 50 Friday afternoon. Police said that both cars were eastbound. The Campbell car pulled onto the roadway in front of the Mushrush car, police said. Damage was set at $695. An estimated $425 damage resulted from a collision in the 500 block of Market Street Friday aft ernoon.

Police charged Michael E. Holroyd, 515 South Market with making an improper start from a parked position after the truck he was driving and a car driven by Timothy E. Fanning, Melvern, collided. Police charged Pauline M. Adam, 910 Congress with failing to yield the right-of-way from a stop sign in connection with their investigation of an accident Friday afternoon at Tenth Avenue and Mechanic Street.

Damage was set at $400 in the mishap. Susan K. Lake, 1109 Whittier was driving north and Pauline Adam was driving east after she had stopped for a stop sign when the collision occurred, according to police. ft ft ft About Town Lloyd Edwards, 1426 Lawrence a recent employe of the Burroughs Corporation, will be assigned to the office in Kansas City and not in Topeka, as was erroneously reported. Mr.

Edwards was graduated this spring from Emporia State College. HELP! We need some rest. We will not be able to serve you seven days a week as We will be closed on Mondays until further notice. New China Restaurant in the Broadview Tower Bldg. Where else can you buy a suit custom tailored to your measurements for as little as $69.50 with satisfaction guaranteed, also finest name brand shoes in every width and length, Bill McNutt, 342-6316.

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KODAK TELE-INSTAMATIC" 608 Camera Outfit 624 Commercial 342-2151 MRS. PHILIP POEHLMAN, who was married June 21st, is the former Louise Ewing, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ewing of Topeka, formerly of Emporia, and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.

W.W. Ewing, 613 State and Mrs. N.W. Stanley, 816 West Ninth Ave. The bride is a graduate of the University of Kansas and an employe of the Pacific Bell Telephone Company and the bridegroom, the son of Mr.

and Mrs. F.R. Poehlman of Pacific Beach, is a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The service was read in St. Brigid's Catholic Church in Pacific Beach and one of the attendants was Mrs.

John Lungstrum of Lawrence, sister of the bride. The bride's grandparents and her aunt, Miss Rosalie Stanley of Emporia, were among the guests at the wedding. Krueger-Larkin ociety Mr. and Mrs. James A.

Krueger, 102 South Sylvan have announced the marriage of their daughter, Rita Jane, to Mr. Lawrence Larkin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Larkin of Long Island, N. Y.

The service was read Saturday noon, July 5th, in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Denver, Colo. The bride has been a member of the staff of the Social Welfare Department in Denver for a number of years. She was graduated from St. Mary's College in Xavier and she received her Master of Science degree from the University of Kansas in Lawrence. The bridegroom is a school supervisor in New York City.

They will live in Tuckahoe, N.Y. ft Tar ft EUREKA A meeting on family communications will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the courthouse hospitality room. Guest speaker will be Sue Spalding, Area Extension family life specialist. The- meeting, will.be open to the public." Tonight's Calendar: Magic Circle Garden dub: Mr.

aj Mrs. H.F. Revell, 2002 Lincoln 6:30 p.m. Monday's Calendar: Golden G.ain Garden dub: Lee Nebon, Rt. 2, 9:50 a.m.

Retired and Veteran Railway Employes: Masonic Temple, 12:30 p.tn. Modern Pmcilla Club: Blaylock's Cafe, 9 a.m. Friends of the Humane Society: Mrs. Rex Brown, Rt. 5, I p.m.

Navy Mothers dub: V.F.Wi Home on Graphic Arts Road, 2 p.m. Rebekah Hammond Part-, 6:30 p.m. Toasrmistress Club: First Friends Ghurch, 7 p.m. Sweet Adelines: First Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church A.B.W., gast Circle: Mrs.

Leo' Hudson, 1228 Sunnyslope St. Seven members of the D. P. Club and one guest, Mrs. GUs Pohl, attended the Friday afternoon club card party in the home of Mrs.

C. J. Bedner, 611 Rural St. The score award winners were Mesdames H. C.

Stanley Watson and R. 1 Steink- 1 uhler. The July 28th party will be in the home of Mrs. Gene Buttsi 619 Rural St. The guest speaker at the meeting of the Fleur-de-lis Circle of the Floralore Garden Club held Friday morning in the home of Mrs.

E. J. McKernan 1736 East Wilman Court, was Mrs. G. A.

Buzzard. The co-hostess was Mrs. H. D. Cornelson.

Mrs. Buzzard described early American gardens and conducted a discussion of wild flowers in which all 14 members who attended participated. The next meeting, to start with a luncheon, will Be Sept. 5th in the home of Mrs. Larry Mallon, 2202 West teenth Ave.

A dinner party Thursday evening in Forren's Restaurant substituted for the July meeting- of the Central Community Clubf Members and guests who at-: tended were Messrs, and Mes-! dames Oscar Glenn, E.A. Ger-: mann, and Myrl Lyon, Mr; James L. ChildearSj and Mesdames Owen Samuel Charles Paulson, Edna Saylorsp George R. Holmes, Willianr Kopke, and C.W. Eaton, or! ft ft Use -Gazette Want Atafel WHAT IS BAHA'I? A Multi-Media Program Tuesday, July 15 7:30 P.M.

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